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Aṅguttara Nikāya · Discourse 10.151

Should Be Developed

Bhāvetabbasutta — Ariyavagga — the fifteenth chapter of the Tens, the Chapter on the Noble, closing the Third Fifty

Setting
None stated in the source
Speakers
The Buddha alone, addressing the mendicants
Form
The identical template, with a practice-verb word-pair
Length
under 1 minute to read
Difficulty
★☆☆☆☆ — the seventh of this chapter's ten near-identical variations

Why this discourse

This discourse applies this entire project's single most common meditative verb, bhāveti, “to develop,” already met constantly paired with “cultivated” throughout dozens of earlier discourses, directly to the ten-factor path itself.

Reading guide

The teaching in one sentence

The principle not to develop is the ten wrong factors from wrong view to wrong freedom; the principle to develop is the ten right factors from right view to right freedom.

The project's single most familiar verb, finally its own namesake

Bhāveti, “to develop,” is arguably the most frequently used meditative verb in this entire project, routinely paired with bahulīkata, “cultivated,” in discourse after discourse describing the effect of sustained practice; this discourse is the first to make that verb the discourse's own explicit title and subject.

The third of five practice-verbs

Following AN 10.149's arousal and AN 10.150's habitual resort, this discourse's “development” suggests active cultivation and growth — not merely returning to the right factors, but actively strengthening and expanding them through practice.

A verb this discourse's own neighbor will soon echo

AN 10.152, immediately following, will use bahulīkātabba, “should be made much of,” the very term most commonly paired with bhāveti throughout this project — this discourse and its neighbor together reproduce, as two separate discourses, a pairing usually delivered as a single compound phrase elsewhere.

Key terms

bhāvetabba — “should be developed” — this discourse's own title, using this project's single most frequently used meditative verb, bhāveti.
na bhāvetabba — “should not be developed” — the negation applied to the ten wrong factors.
bhāveti — “to develop” — the project's most common meditative verb, routinely paired elsewhere with bahulīkata, cultivated.
micchāsamādhi — “wrong immersion” — the eighth factor, unchanged from every earlier list in this chapter.
sammāñāṇaṁ — “right knowledge” — the ninth factor, one of the two extending the classical eightfold path.

The text

The discourse in full: the ten-factor path defined as the principle to develop and not to develop. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).

Not to be developed, and to be developed

§1“I will teach you the principle to develop and the principle not to develop. … And what is the principle not to develop? Wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom. This is called the principle not to develop. And what is the principle to develop? Right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom. This is called the principle to develop.”

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Self-check quiz

6 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.

Question 1 of 6
What pairing does this discourse apply the chapter's template to?
Correct: B. This project's single most frequently used meditative verb, here applied to the ten-factor path directly.
Question 2 of 6
According to the guide, what makes "bhāveti" distinctive within this entire project?
Correct: B. A constant background verb, here finally given its own explicit discourse.
Question 3 of 6
According to the guide, what does this discourse's "development" add beyond AN 10.150's "cultivation"?
Correct: B. A verb of active growth, continuing the progression of practice-verbs.
Question 4 of 6
According to the guide, what term will AN 10.152 use that is often paired with "bhāveti" elsewhere?
Correct: B. Two discourses reproducing, separately, a pairing usually delivered as one compound phrase elsewhere.
Question 5 of 6
Where is this discourse set?
Correct: D. No location is given for this discourse.
Question 6 of 6
What is the tenth and final factor in the right-factor list, common to every discourse in this chapter?
Correct: B. The classical eightfold path extended by right knowledge and right freedom to make ten.
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Further reading

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